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The all-electric i5 is reportedly not destined for America.

After reporting an undisclosed issue to his team over radio, Engel was having to drive with a 90-degree steering angle to keep his Mercedes-AMG GT3 going in a straight line, as he valiantly tried to defend third place against the Schubert BMW of Rene Rast.

The closing weekend of the season was eventful from the word go, with numerous grid penalties that saw the Century Motorsport BMW promoted to pole position overnight, before an appeal from Beechdean Motorsport – the original polesitter – returned it the front row to its initial post-session look.

The total purse for the longtime LPGA event was $2,300,000.

Lee is now the third player from Australia to reach double-digits LPGA victories.

Having wrapped up the title with three bonus points in qualifying earlier on Sunday morning, Preining led nearly the entirety of the race from pole position to complete a perfect weekend at the 4.5km circuit.

Having already won the penultimate race of the season on Saturday to stretch his advantage to 27 points, Preining wrapped up the title in qualifying on Sunday after beating his title rival Mirko Bortolotti to pole position by 0.006s.

BMW's development boss said the i3 was not a real BMW to some of the brand's fans; the automaker will take a more conventional approach with the i3 successor.

Preining didn’t put a foot wrong all day, claiming pole position in his Manthey EMA Porsche before leading every lap outside of the pitstop cycle to bag a maximum haul of 28 points.